:p oh wow im dumb (palm > forehead)

thanks

cool ill have to try it out :D

this is a double post :mad:

lol I love how people always ask for help with hardware and don't specify what it is.:rolleyes:

I think that should be a forum rule.:D

Sorry if this has been asked before. I searched here and google but I can't find it.

Before I installed the madwifi driver for my atheros card macchanger worked just fine. But now I get this...
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Learning linux from BT possible? yes
Easy? uuuh nope
Should you do it? I suggest not

Now I'm not trying to be mean but you should learn linux on a more friendly OS like ubuntu and then come...

lol I am not actually being asked to do this. I don't even have a job pentesting......yet (I hope to become a penetration tester)..... I'm just getting in to it and I'm still a pretty big noob. I was...

uuuuuhhh...the website you got it from (http://www.remote-exploit.org/backtrack_download.html)

have you run apt-get update?

Why not use one of the many tools on bt to crack it?

Wicd is the network manager on bt4. It wont open because you first have to open a shell and type:


wicd

Then try and open it from the start menu.

EDIT: You should prob. stick to using the...

Cool vid. :D

Try here. :rolleyes:

Can't help you with out the proper info. Things like:

Is your connection wireless, and if so what kind of wifi card are you using.

Also can you connect to the internet in another os or with...

From what I have gathered they all seem to be pretty noisy and like they would be of no use during a blackbox pentest. Is it just better to play it safe and find vulns. the hard way or are there ways...

Dose that card support injection straight out of the box? :confused:

Ok so it worked....I think....how do I connect to the internet? Is there a way I have to configure the wicd network manager or something because when I open it doesn't show any wireless networks.

search madwifi and go to the one that says problems installing madwifi-ng :D

no I have a pretty old netgear box and I don't think it supports WPA2 just WPA. should I change to that?

EDIT: yeah and I know its a few sec. vs. a few min. but there still getting in. :(

root@nash-laptop:~# ifconfig ath0 down
root@nash-laptop:~# ifconfig wifi0 down
root@nash-laptop:~# modprobe -r ath5k
root@nash-laptop:~# modprobe -r ath9k
root@nash-laptop:~# cp -r...

I am trying to install madwifi but it I run into this problem:


root@nash-laptop:~# ifconfig ath0 down
root@nash-laptop:~# ifconfig wifi0 down
root@nash-laptop:~# svn -r 4073 checkout...

can some one please post a link for the madwifi download.

edit: never mind I realized that was a dumb request =p

have you had any luck setting up madwifi?

Yeah I might do that but why. are there any huge benefits?

Ok so i figured out what I was doing wrong. Im going to sound really dumb but here goes. I has the advanced settings on the AP set for WEP (passphrase). I was messing around and desided to try WEP...